Human-rights group releases activists' alarm
Human-rights group releases activists' alarm
The Stockholm-based organization Civil Rights Defenders has developed a high-tech plastic bracelet which uses GPS technology and social media to protect human-rights activists around the world.
Named the Natalia Project after Natalia Estemirova, a human rights activist who was kidnapped and murdered near her home in Chechnya’s capital Grozny in 2009, the bracelet uses a mobile signal, a GPS receiver and social media to inform of a kidnapping within seconds, according to Civil Rights Defenders.
The bracelet works as an assault alarm which is activated when the wearer presses a button or when it is removed by force.
A mobile signal is then sent out to the activists' nearby colleagues as well as to the Civil Rights Defenders’ Stockholm headquarters. Alerts are also instantly posted on Facebook and Twitter.
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